A Manual of Orthographic Shorthand: The

Introductory Remarks

The Cursive Alphabet

Doubled Letters

General Rules

Orthographic Spelling

Diphthongs

The Two Sizes of Character

Dividing a Word

Punctuation

Initial Capitals

How to Write and Join the Characters

Specimen of Fully-Written Style

Ordinary Style

Abbreviations

Omit A and O before M and N

Drop the dots

Replace TH- with writing higher

Let -Y stand unaltered

Abbreviate common endings

The General Method

Phrases

Abbreviations for Common Words

Specimens of the Ordinary Style

The Introductory Remarks

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From Macaulay’s History

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St John II

Application to Foreign Languages

French

Adaptations

Specimen

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German

Adaptations

Specimen

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Danish

Adaptations

Specimen

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Italian

Adaptations

Specimen

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Latin

Adaptations

Specimen

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Greek

Adaptations

Specimen

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Hints for the Reporting Style

Key to Hints

Specimen (Moderately Abbreviated)

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